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72NetBotz Appliance User’s Guide
– Define the custom dry contact sensor
a. Select Dry Contact and click OK to display the Add Dry Contact Sensor window.
This window features the following fields and controls:
b. Type in the appropriate values for the dry contact sensor hardware.
c. When you have finished, click OK to add this sensor definition to the list of available
Sensor Types.
Field Description
Sensor type label The name of the custom sensor definition. Once
defined, the Sensor type label appears only in the
Sensor Type Installed drop-down list when
specifying Sensor Pod external port settings.
Default sensor label The label used, by default, for any new sensors added
using this custom sensor definition.
To modify the labels, see “Settings” on page 69.
Closed value The text that describes the sensor value reported
when the dry contact sensor is in a Closed state.
Open value The text that describes the sensor value reported
when the dry contact sensor is in a Open state.
Open-close switch time
(ms)
The time, in milliseconds, that must pass when the
dry contact sensor goes from Open state to Closed
state before the state change is reported.
Close-open switch time
(ms)
The time, in milliseconds, that must pass when the
dry contact sensor goes from Closed state to Open
state before the state change is reported.
Dry contact type Specifies whether the dry contact sensor is normally
open (NO) or normally closed (NC).